plural of bone of contention

A fire lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites.

(idiomatic) Totally dry; without moisture.

A kind of wax, usually beeswax with the addition of paraffin or some other agent to soften it, used to stop bleeding from bones during surgery.

Metacarpal.

(anatomy) Ulna, the main forearm bone. / (anatomy) Olecranon, at the elbow end of the ulna.

(anatomy) One of two roughly symmetrical skeleton parts, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.

(anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the fibula.

A bone resulting from the fusion of metacarpals or metatarsals in some artiodactyls. / The metacarpal of a horse. / The metatarsal of a horse.

plural of dog bone